The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-21
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations Produce at tn
Two Great Centers.

Yesterdays Quotations Produce at the
Two Great Centers.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Flour without quotable
change and moderately active; receipts 9,418 bIls
and sacks. Sales, 10 900 brls
Wheat-Spot generally steady, but less active for
export Options declined u a sac closing 9avy spec
ulation fairly active; receipts. 40, $50 BIZ; exports
20 blu; sales 3.6SS.OOO bu futures and liz. 600 bu
spot No. spring nominal at 92c No 1 hard, 96c
red, 90i9c elevator. 914092 aAoat and delivered;
No. red 9312c; No. / white, 81 aac; extra red
81 lac; ungraded white 81 i9c; No Bred March 9O1s
o03ic, closing 90lsc; April 81 D91 sec. closing at
81 lsc: May 81 1916 093ec closing at 81 Tee: June
9214 093c closing at 921ec: July. 93 093ac. clos
ing at IS ssc; August 9sSs094l4c Closing at 9sSsc;
9S3s0 7sc, closing at 9S3ec.
Corn-Spot quiet and about steady. options Z q ao
Blu: exports Is .o5o bu sales. 100000 bu futures
and ~ 600 bu spot; ungraded AZ AZ '9c steamer
474045 lac in elevator; No. 2 48404slac in ele-
nominal; March, 4sle04slac closing at 4S1sc; April,
S5sc, closing at 4S5sc; May, 4S049asc, closing at
4osac; June, 494c, closing at 49l4c
042lsc
Hay steady and in fair demand
Hops quiet and steady.
Cofee-Fair Rio quiet and firm at lac: options
stronger and moderately active sales. 80 $50 bags;
February. 12.45012. SOC: March. 12.4O012 45e;
April II. 35012.4Oc; May. 12.35012.45c; June.
12.35@12 4Oc; july 10. 35012.45c: August, 1885
l2.45c; September 12.35 II .45c; October. IL 40
012.45c; November. L. Acc: December. IL 45c.
Sugar quiet. Molasses dull. Rice steady.
Tallow easier and more active. Resin steady.
Eggs duand easier receipts 3, 243 PACKAGES West
ern. 17O174c.
Pork fairly active and firm sales; $50 brs: mess,
on private terms, quoted at $14 % old. $50 new;
Cut meats firm picked hams, 1134012c; picked
shoulders. 7l4c. Lard shade stronger and moder-
aiey active; Western steam spot 7.2007;25 e
a.. 43c June, 7.4207.46c
Butter quiet; Western, 1896; Elgn creamery,
2702sc Cheese firm and rather quiet.
Copper steady. Lead dull; common, 412c.
CHICAGO, Feb. l9-The wheat market started
moderately firm this morning, but grew weak toward
the close and finished osc lower than yesterday Pub
lie cable advices quoted wheat firm and in good de
mand but private cables reported easier
ket for Indian wheat The export clearings were
usually light. but the receipts also small aggre-
eating only 900 bu at eleven points. There was
some good buying at times during the session but the
offerings grew so heavy at times as to cause weak
feeling. The market opened at SO14c for May dev-
cry advanced to fell off steadily to soc.
reacted trie, and then fell off to 1880 and closed
at that figure. The weakness late in the session,
attributed to free selling influenced by resports that
export purchases at the seaboard were very light.
| Corn was only moderately traded in, but ruled
steady until the Close when slight decline set
in, due to the weakness in wheat. Receipts mod
crate ard the shipping dem and fair. The market final
" closed Lea l4c lower than yesterday Oats
little more active and prices firmly held. the mar
ket closing shade frmer than yesterday. There
were evidences that shorts were, in instances
covering. There unusually large speculative
trade in provisions with shorts covering freely
all the leading lines In pork trading almost
exclusively foe May delivery, which advanced during
the session to 14 92l but reacted to S14 72l2 and
closed at that figure Lard advanced 10 15c per 1OO
pounds, and closed steady. Short ribs advanced Is
2Vc per 100 pounds The leading futures ranged as
/ follows.